Tommy Thompson: Plagued by Things People Believe

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Wisconsin Republican senatorial candidate Tommy Thompson has enough trouble these days without his family getting involved. His lead over Tammy Baldwin virtually has evaporated, and people are talking openly about whether or not the septuagenarian Thompson has enough ginger to get through the rest of the campaign.

"We have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya," said Jason Thompson, an attorney at a large Milwaukee law firm. The comment drew laughs from the crowd, with one woman jokingly adding, "We are taking donations for that Kenya trip."

Realizing that he'd like to remain in the will, Jason since has apologized. But, seriously, they really believe this stuff.

"Tammy Baldwin, her whole record is anti-Israel," Thompson said at a press conference in Wauwatosa. "She voted for the first time for the sanctions three months ago because she knew she was running for the U.S. Senate. That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. "She's anti-Israel, she's anti-Jewish and she's trying to now somehow obfuscate her views and her intentions," the former governor added.